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Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Wednesday projected Lebanon's economic growth to fall to 4 percent in 2009 from 8 percent in 2008 with a strong possibility that the growth could climb again to 6 percent at the end of the year. "Some preliminary indications for 2009 show a continued strong growth in the Lebanese banking sector.

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